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Zabdiel
Zabdiel De Jesús, Puerto Rican singer born 1997 in Bayamón, multi-instrumentalist and CNCO member; last selected on La Banda 2015, member until the band's 2023 end, then solo with "Aventura." Distinct from Zabdiel Cruz, a regional Mexican Spotify artist.
Zabeel Palace (قصر زعبيل)
Zabeel Palace (قصر زعبيل), or Za'abeel Palace, is the official residence of Dubai's ruling Al Maktoum family in Za'abeel, Dubai. Built 1963–1965 for Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum by Otto Bulart of Overseas AST; closed to the public, exterior viewing only.
Zabibe (queen of Qedar)
Zabibe, also rendered Zabibê, was the first "Queen of the Arabs" in the Assyrian record, listed as paying tribute to Tiglath-Pileser III about 738 BC.
Zabid
Zabid (زبيد), historic walled town in Yemen's Tihama plain; UNESCO World Heritage Site 1993, in Danger since 2000; Yemen's capital 13th–15th centuries under the Rasulids, famed for its Islamic university and about 86 mosques.
Zabit Magomedsharipov (Забит Ахмедович Магомедшарипов)
Zabit Magomedsharipov (Забит Магомедшарипов), Dagestani UFC featherweight, retired 18-1 with a 6-0 UFC record; ACB champion, Wushu-Sanda European champion, never fought for UFC gold.
Zabita Khan
Zabita Khan was a Rohilla Afghan chieftain of northern India, son and successor of Najib-ud-Daula, who led the Rohillas after 1770 and fought the East India Company.
Zabivaka (Забивака)
Zabivaka (Забивака), "the one who scores", is the wolf mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, chosen by public vote in October 2016 with 53% of over a million votes; designed by student Ekaterina Bocharova.
Zablon Simintov (زابلون سیمینتوف)
Zablon Simintov (زابلون سیمینتوف), born in Herat province in 1959, was an Afghan Jewish carpet trader who cared for Kabul's synagogue and was reported as Afghanistan's last Jew.
Zabofloxacin
Zabofloxacin (DW-224a, Zabolante, PB-101) is a fluoronaphthyridone fluoroquinolone antibiotic by Dong Wha Pharmaceutical, approved in South Korea in 2015 for acute bacterial COPD exacerbation, with dual DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV targeting.
Zabralo ballistic vests
Zabralo (Забрало) is a Russian family of ballistic vests designated 6B11, 6B12, 6B13, 6B17, and 6B18, begun in 1994 to replace Soviet 6B3, 6B4, and 6B5 vests.
Zabranjeno Pušenje
Zabranjeno Pušenje ("No Smoking") is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980, the leading band of the New Primitivism movement; debut Das ist Walter (1984) sold 100,000 copies, and the band split in 1992 into Sarajevo (Sejo Sexon) and Belgrade (No Smoking Orchestra) lines.
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point is an overlook in Death Valley National Park, California, above badlands of the Pliocene Furnace Creek Formation, named for borax executive Christian Brevoort Zabriskie and famed for views of Manly Beacon.
Zabriskie Point (film)
Zabriskie Point is Michelangelo Antonioni's 1970 MGM drama, his first US-made feature, starring non-professionals Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin amid 1960s counterculture, with a Pink Floyd-linked soundtrack, a $7 million cost, commercial failure, and later cult status.
Zabrze
Zabrze, known as Hindenburg from 1915 to 1946, is a city of about 150,000 people in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland, a former coal-mining center.
Zac Bierk
Zac Bierk (Zachary Bierk), born 1976 in Peterborough, Ontario, is a former NHL goaltender (Tampa Bay, Phoenix Coyotes; 47 games, .901 SV%) later a Coyotes and Ottawa Senators goaltending coach and development advisor.
Zac Brown
Zac Brown (born 1978) is an American country/southern rock singer-songwriter, founder and frontman of the Grammy-winning Zac Brown Band, known for "Chicken Fried," Camp Southern Ground, and his 2026 marriage to Kendra Scott.
Zac Brown Band
Zac Brown Band, a Georgia-formed American country/southern rock group led by Zac Brown, broke through with 2008's "Chicken Fried", won three Grammys including Best New Artist, and has sold over seven million albums.
Zac Burgess
Zac Burgess is an Australian actor from Bellingen, NSW, a WAAPA graduate known as Eli Bell in Boy Swallows Universe and Lucien Belmont in Prime Video's Cruel Intentions (2024), son of actor Scott Burgess.
Zac Efron
Zac Efron (Zachary David Alexander Efron, born 1987) is an American actor and singer who rose to fame as Troy Bolton in Disney's High School Musical films and later starred in Hairspray, The Greatest Showman, Extremely Wicked, and The Iron Claw.
Zac Farro
Zac Farro (born 1990, Voorhees, New Jersey) is the American drummer and co-founder of Paramore and the solo artist behind HalfNoise (Volcano Crowe, Sudden Feeling, City Talk); he left Paramore in 2010, rejoined in 2017, founded Congrats Records, and released Operator under his own name.
Zac Goldsmith
Zac Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith of Richmond Park (born 1975), British Conservative politician and environmentalist; MP for Richmond Park 2010-2016, 2016 London mayoral candidate, resigned over Heathrow third runway, minister 2019-2023.
Zac Ista
Zac Ista, also known as Zachary Ista, is an American Democratic-NPL politician and attorney, Minority Leader of the North Dakota House since 2023, representing District 43 since 2020.
Zac Looker
Zac Looker is a British actor from Portsmouth, England, known for Frank in A Kind of Spark, Toby Pilgrim in Netflix's Geek Girl, and Dustin in Prime Video's Elle (2026), the Legally Blonde prequel; trained at the National Youth Theatre.
Zac Posen
Zac Posen (Zachary E. Posen, born 1980) is an American fashion designer known for glamorous red-carpet gowns, his House of Z label, Brooks Brothers womenswear, and since 2024 as Gap Inc.'s EVP Creative Director and Old Navy Chief Creative Officer.
Zac Purchase
Zac Purchase (Zachary Jake Nicholas Purchase, later Purchase-Hill), born 1986 in Cheltenham, British lightweight rower; with Mark Hunter won Olympic gold in the men's lightweight double sculls at Beijing 2008 (Olympic record 6:10.99) and silver at London 2012; retired February 2014.
Zac Stacy
Zac Stacy, born 1991, former Vanderbilt and NFL running back (Rams, Jets, 2013-2015); Vanderbilt career rushing records; 2021 assault case and six-month jail sentence in 2023.
Zac Stubblety Cook
Zac Stubblety-Cook (Izaac Keith Stubblety-Cook, born 1999) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, Tokyo 2020 Olympic 200m breaststroke champion, former world record-holder (2:05.95), and 2022 world and Commonwealth champion.
Zac Taylor
Zac Taylor (born 1983, Norman, Oklahoma) is the Cincinnati Bengals' 10th head coach, hired Feb. 4, 2019; led them to the 2021 AFC title and Super Bowl LVI, with a 52-63-1 regular-season record through six seasons.
Zac Thornton
Zac (Zachary Charles) Thornton, Mets left-handed starting pitcher, born 2002 in Winona, MN; 2023 fifth-round pick from Grand Canyon; MLB debut May 20, 2026; 2026 season 3.42 ERA, 84.1 IP.
Zac Zorn
Zac Zorn (Zachary Zorn), American swimmer born 1947 in Dayton, Ohio; 1968 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and 100 m freestyle world record holder (52.6, 1968 US Trials), NCAA champion for UCLA.